Balthazar's viability is debatable. On one hand, he has the distinction of being the only hero with a skill that removes buffs and deals damage to all enemies at the same time. It also has a low cooldown of 100 seconds, a cooldown length he shares with Space Flying Apophis and Anubis the Jackal's buff removal abilities, both of which only remove buffs without any additional effects. On the other hand, however, his low defensive abilities compared to Space Flying Apophis can cause him to be taken down quickly. In addition, the 40% damage will only hit targets that have buffs, meaning that if only one character has a buff, the ability barely does anything. The biggest case of this is against Bignose, whose Evade buff can be removed with much more damage by Nurse Gale. Overall Balthazar is an average hero and can be useful at times, but Gale and Anubis are used more commonly.